New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton, 1955. 1st edition, so stated. A near fine, tight copy with very light soiling, in dust jacket lightlly chipped at corners, lightly soiled, rubbed and sunned at spine, Inside rear flap lightly soiled.else a very good-near fine copy, not price clipped, $2.75 price intact, in protective mylar cover. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. A cover blurb by Mickey Spillane , who had met two younger writers, Earle Basinsky and Charlie Wells, while in the service and who would become his protégés; each publishing two hardboiled-noir novels in the Spillane style in the early 1950s. Spillane's blurb "The kind of book I go for." . 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.

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Bookseller: Murder By The Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020235
Title: THE BIG STEAL **AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK**
Author: Basinsky, Earle
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Ed
Publisher: Dutton
Place of Publication: New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1955
Keywords: Mystery, Crime Hardboiled, New York,
Bookseller catalogs: Debut Novel; New York City;

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